📬Amendments to Equal Access to Justice Act for Postal Service Proceedings
This document amends the rules of the Equal Access to Justice Act in Postal Service Proceedings to clarify the applicable rule for reconsideration of a decision on a fee application in Postal Board of Contract Appeal proceedings.
Learn More✉️Postal Regulatory Commission Notice on New Postal Products
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Learn More📜Revised Rules for Postal Service Contract Appeals - Business Implications
This document amends the rules of practice that govern all proceedings before the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals (Board), for ease of understanding and to reflect current practice.
Learn More📦Proposed Revisions to Market Dominant Product Rate Regulations
The notice of proposed rulemaking proposes revisions to the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products (ratemaking system). In Order No. 8891, the Commission determined that the ratemaking system was not achieving the statutory objectives. Two proposed revisions address concerns: restricting rate adjustments to once per fiscal year from 2025 to 2030 and ensuring workshare discounts align with avoided costs to enhance efficiency by closing a regulatory gap allowing excessive passthrough reductions. These proposals aim to enhance predictability, reduce administrative burden, and maximize efficiency and cost reduction, ensuring a ratemaking system that better fulfills the statutory objectives. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Learn More📦Postal Service Updates on Negotiated Shipping Agreements
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Learn More📦New USPS Mailing Standards and Price Adjustments for Businesses
On April 9, 2025, the Postal Service (USPS[supreg]) filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective July 13, 2025. This final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments and other DMM changes.
Learn More💼Proposed Revisions to Postal Service Performance Measurement Plan
The Commission is acknowledging that the Postal Service's proposed revisions to its Service Performance Measurement (SPM) Plan for Market Dominant products and other related design documents from Docket No. PI2025-5 will be considered as part of Docket No. RM2024-9. This document invites public comments and takes other administrative steps.
Learn More📦Proposed Rulemaking by Postal Regulatory Commission on Reporting
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Learn More📬New Postal Service Agreements
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Learn More📦Postal Service Notice on New Shipping Agreements for Businesses
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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